Does an oreo have more breaks when dropped from 4 feet or from 6 feet?
My research is that if there is air resistance, then heavier things fall faster than light ones. But if there is no air resistance, they fall at the same pace.
Problem
Does an oreo have more breaks when dropped from 4 feet or from 6 feet?
Hypothesis
If there are 2 categories, one where you can drop an oreo from 6 feet and
one where you can drop an oreo from 4 feet I think the 6 feet will win.
Materials
1.Helper or friend 2.6 feet of wall length 3.Ruler 4.Pencil 5.Paper 6.Chair to stand on to get to 6 feet 7.Piece ofcarpet for second round
Procedure
1.Make an X on the ground 2.Hold an Oreo 6 feet in the air with arm held straight 3.Drop Oreo on the Xwithout any force 4.Count the breaks( a break is a piece of Oreo away from the rest) 5.Graph results of all four trials on bar graph 6.Use Microsoft Excel to make graph
7. Repeat steps 2-5 but drop oreo on carpet
Data Collection
Conclusions
With this experiment I found that if you drop one oreo from 6 feet and one from 4 feet 6 feet has more breaks.
Also I learned that not putting force on the oreo gives you a more accurate answer.
Does an oreo have more breaks when dropped from 4 feet or from 6 feet?
My research is that if there is air resistance, then heavier things fall faster than light ones. But if there is no air resistance, they fall at the same pace.
one where you can drop an oreo from 4 feet I think the 6 feet will win.
1. Helper or friend
2. 6 feet of wall length
3. Ruler
4. Pencil
5. Paper
6. Chair to stand on to get to 6 feet
7. Piece of carpet for second round
1. Make an X on the ground
2. Hold an Oreo 6 feet in the air with arm held straight
3. Drop Oreo on the X without any force
4. Count the breaks( a break is a piece of Oreo away from the rest)
5. Graph results of all four trials on bar graph
6. Use Microsoft Excel to make graph
7. Repeat steps 2-5 but drop oreo on carpet
Also I learned that not putting force on the oreo gives you a more accurate answer.